Buildings and campus collection
Collection
Identifier: RG01-E
About the collection
This collection consists of materials documenting the development of the Connecticut College campus, including architectural plans, correspondence, financial information, fundraising, grant applications, building specifications, planning records, and press coverage. Of particular note is a series of correspondence between early College administrators, trustees, and architects regarding the planning and opening of the College (see Series I: Campus planning).
This collection is an artificial collection. Some material was collected by Gertrude Noyes in preparation for her manuscript, A History of Connecticut College (1982). Additional material was collected by various College departments over several decades. Significant correspondence was generated by many college presidents and was collected and arranged in this collection.
This collection is an artificial collection. Some material was collected by Gertrude Noyes in preparation for her manuscript, A History of Connecticut College (1982). Additional material was collected by various College departments over several decades. Significant correspondence was generated by many college presidents and was collected and arranged in this collection.
Dates
- 1915 - 2015
Creator
- Connecticut College (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Please see Archivist for access to the inventories for Series III. Architectual drawings.
Extent
7.5 Linear Feet (18 boxes) : plus oversized architectural drawings
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
An artificial collection of material documenting the development of the Connecticut College campus, including architectural plans, building specifications, correspondence, fundraising material, and planning records.
Arrangement
This collection is organized into three series.
Campus planning, 1911-2000
Building files, 1913-2015
Architectural drawings
Series I is arranged chronologically. Series II has additional subseries aranged alphabetically by building name and then chronologically.
Processing Information
Organized by Rebecca Parmer in 2016
Creator
- Connecticut College (Organization)
- Connecticut College for Women (Organization)
- Noyes, Gertrude E. (Gertrude Elizabeth), 1905- (Person)
- Ames, Oakes, 1931- (Person)
- Blunt, Katharine, 1876-1954 (Person)
- Gaudiani, Claire (Person)
- Marshall, Benjamin Tinkham, 1872- (Person)
- Park, Rosemary (Person)
- Shain, Charles E. (Person)
- Plant, Morton F., 1852-1918 (Person)
- Sykes, Frederick Henry, 1863-1917 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Buildings and Campus Collection, 1911-2015
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- processed by Rebecca Parmer; revised and migrated into ArchiveSpace in 2019 by Christian Salguero.
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Revision Statements
- 2019: Revised and migrated into ArchiveSpace by Christian Salguero.
Repository Details
Part of the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository
Contact:
Connecticut College
270 Mohegan Ave
New London CT 06320 United States
860-439-2686
learcenter@conncoll.edu
Connecticut College
270 Mohegan Ave
New London CT 06320 United States
860-439-2686
learcenter@conncoll.edu